Jordan R. Fischbach

Biography

Jordan Fischbach is an associate policy researcher at RAND and a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. His research focuses on water resources and infrastructure planning, flood risk analysis, climate change adaptation, and developing and applying exploratory modeling and robust decision methods to better manage long term uncertainty. Fischbach led a two-year storm surge and damage assessment for the State of Louisiana to support the development of Louisiana's 2012 Coastal Master Plan, for which he was awarded a President's Choice award at RAND in 2012. He also evaluated the potential for nonstructural investments to reduce future flood risk in New Orleans. Fischbach is currently working with federal agencies, including the Bureau of Reclamation and Environmental Protection Agency, to better incorporate deep uncertainty into their long-term water resources planning efforts. Fischbach earned a B.A. in history from Columbia University in 2001 and a Ph.D. in policy analysis from the Pardee RAND Graduate School in 2010, where he was awarded the Herbert Goldhamer Memorial Award.